Posts Tagged: Travels and Other Places
Baltimore Pit Beef For Christmas
Posted by on Monday, October 8, 2007 in - 8 comments
Big Al's and Chaps, Baltimore • Highlight of the last bit of 2007 (and have you realized that we are 3/4s though the first decade of the 21st century?) is going to be a trip to Baltimore. I got invited last Christmas to write a chapter of a book called Beer and Philosophy and now we are invited …
Stewart Park, Ithaca, NY
Posted by on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 in - leave a comment
A Kick In The Teeth
Posted by on Saturday, August 25, 2007 in - 2 comments
Amongst all the insane middle-of-the-night thunder and lightning - again - I turned on the radio and heard that the Yankees were tied at six in the 6th inning in Detroit...because, due to rain delay, they only started at 11 pm and finished in extra innings around 3:30 am. Smile and back to sleep …
Power Turns On The Ferry
Posted by on Monday, August 20, 2007 in - 2 comments
Yesterday, we took the Glenora ferry over to Prince Edward County. Easlakia is a ferry fan's dream with five within an hour of HQ and more in the hinterland like those on the Ottawa river and Lake Champlain. Yet, I have never had the ferry captain put on a show like yesterday when, apparently as a …
Important BBQ Knowledge
Posted by on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 in - 1 comment
Via NYCO, and just for the record, this post is very important not because of its critique of the Dino BBQ but because of its identification of three more worthy WNY BBQ joints to explore: • “But there I was, chewing on a rib as Harleys rumbled up and parked next to my outdoor table, thinking …
The Butterflies Of Niagara Falls
Posted by on Saturday, August 11, 2007 in - 3 comments
Linkfest Bullety Chat For Whatsamadayisit?
Posted by on Friday, August 10, 2007 in - 20 comments
It's all about the caverns. Name them!!! • People say you need three weeks off to get to that point when you can't recall the day of the week, your local phone extension or your boss's wife's name. I am lucky. I get there by about 5:43 pm on any Friday. So I am a little unclear why I am doing …
Again With The Name The Object
Posted by on Thursday, August 9, 2007 in - 13 comments
I got a million of them. Name it!
Boyd And Parker
Posted by on Monday, August 6, 2007 in - 1 comment
We happened upon the site of the torture and deaths of Messrs. Boyd and Parker, circa 1793 today making our way north down the Genesee valley. Wikipedia has a somewhat biased opinion: • “Native American raids in Upstate New York compelled General George Washington to send General John Sullivan …
